Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

A. HUNTER.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 452,1 '7. Patented ay 12,1891.

} UNITED 1 STATES- P TENT OFFICE.

ANDRE\V HUNTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,137, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed November 6, 1890. fierial No. 370,483. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW HUNTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'thereof.

My invention relates to cuff-holders; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a cuff partly broken away and in section and attached by my holder to the sleeve of a garment, said sleeve being shown in section; Fig. 2, asection on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation of my cuff-holder, and Fig. 4 a section on line 4 l of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A B represent a right-angled or L-shaped plate, preferably stamped out of sheet metal, compr1s1ng two arms A and B, the arm Ahaving its end provided with an enlargement O, that is designed to be placed intermediate of the overlapping ends of the cuff E. Punched out of the central part of this enlargement C, and bent at right angles thereto, is a lip D, that is designed to be inserted in the button-holes a of said cuff E to prevent the holder from twisting. F is the slot that is formed by the punching out of the said lip D. .Passed through the button-holes a of the cuff E in the ordinary manner, and at the same time through the said slot F- in the enlargement O, is a cuffbutton 5, that retains the holder in position. Extending from the inner edge of the other arm B of the said L-shaped plate is a scroll or eye II for the reception of a safetypin I or analogous attaching device, which 1s designed to be attached to the sleeve 0 of a coat and retain the cuff, with the holder secured thereto, in position for use.

As shown, my device is used in connection with the front button-holes of a cuff, thus bringing the safety-pin I, which engages the scroll or eye H of the holder, close to the end of the said sleeve 0 and enabling me to more readily attach and detach the same.

Although I have shown and described my device in connection with the front buttonholes of a cuff,I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as it may be used in connection with the rear holes thereof by using another on ff-button at that point. The said scroll or eye H is made large enough, so as to be readily secured toor unfastened from the safety-pin without detaching the latter from the coat-sleeve.

The advantage of my device lies in the fact that I am enabled to remove the cuffs with the coat, so that they will remain in place thereon when the coat is taken off and be in proper place when the coat is again worn, and also so that they will move with the coatsleeves, and always project the broper distance therefrom, no matter what the position of the shirt-sleeves may be at any time. At the same time, when desired, they can be readily unfastened from the coat-sleeves by opening the pins I.

hile I have shown and described the end of the arm A of the right-angled or L-shaped plate provided with an enlargement O, I do not wish tobe understood as limiting myself thereto, as the said arm may be made for its entire length the width of the said enlargement 0, and have the lip D punched out at the end thereof in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cuffholder, the combination of an angular plate having one of its arms provided with an enlargement, an opening formed therein, a lip extending at right angles therefrom, a scroll or eye on the other arm of said plate, and an attaching device detachably secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. A cuff-holder comprising a plate provided with a button-engaging opening, having a lip projecting from the margin of said opening at right angles to said plate, and a suitable means for attaching the plate to a coatsleeve, substantially as set forth.

3. The hereinbefore-described cuff-holder, comprising a flat plate having two arms arranged at right angles to each other, one of said arms having a transverse enlargement IOC at its end provided with a innrginally-lipped county of Cook and State of Illinois, in the longitudinal opening, and the other arm bepresence of two Witnesses. ing formed with a lateral extension bent into 7 T 1 T l I 1 a scroll, and a eoat-sleeve-attaehing device AL HUNIER' 5 engaging the scroll, substantially as set forth. Witnesses:

ADOLPH FENLER, JAMES M. NEWBURGER.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, in the 

